Shahanshahvand was the name of a royal
Gilite clan roaming in
Dakhel
Dakhel ( fa, داخل, also Romanized as Dākhel) is a village in Dehshal Rural District, in the Central District of Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh County, Gilan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also cal ...
,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
. A member of the clan,
Lili ibn al-Nu'man, ruled as the
King of the Gilites in the early 10th-century until he was killed in 921 in a battle with the
Samanids.
History

The Shahanshahvand clan is first mentioned during
Tirdadh's rule as king of the Gilites in the early 10th-century.
Sources
*
*
History of Gilan
Clans
Gilaks
Iranian families
{{Iran-stub